Manager, Financial Planning & Corporate Finance

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Manager, Financial Planning & Corporate Finance

London

About IHS Towers

Founded in 2001 by the trio of Sam Darwish, William Saad and Mohamad Darwish, along with a strong team of telecoms sector engineers, IHS is one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count, with more than 29,514 towers across nine markets. IHS continues to grow and develop its existing positions and offerings in Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Kuwait, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda and Zambia.

The Job

Reporting to Director - Group FP&A, this individual will be part of the Financial Planning & Analysis team and support all Business Plan related activities and processes including Group planning and forecasting activities | board presentations and internal management reporting | developing business rhythms and cycles to monitor performance whilst delivering informed analysis to support strategic decision making.

Responsibilities

Focus on the Group Business Plan (BP) and financial modelling activities; Group refers to the combination of all our operating activities across Africa, Middle East and Latin America

Assist with financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting processes

Work closely with the country teams and Group functions (finance, treasury, technical) to source information, validate assumptions, ensure alignment and improve quality and timeliness of BP outputs

Analyse financial performance against budget | forecast, highlighting trends, investigate variances and recommend corrective actions

Assist with the preparation of quarterly board presentations

Build appropriate automated models, KPI and dashboards to analyse trends | monitor performance

Implement and develop BI tools and relevant financial models to improve analysis and decision making

Continuous improvement to simplify, standardise and streamline processes related to financial planning

Support as required the FP&A team with ad-hoc projects as needed

Requirements

Prior experience in financial planning | modelling across corporates | investment banking | private equity | consulting

Relevant experience post university

Ability to develop financial models from first principle